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- From: Ron Buckmire <buckmr%rpi.edu@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
- Subject: American Family Association *LOSES*! Bush signs PBS,NPR Bill
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.200849.25600@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 20:08:49 GMT
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- Thanks to all those who responded to yesterday's ACTION ALERT.
-
- President Bush signed the funding Bill for the Corporation for Public
- Broadcasting yesterday. It is a sweet victory because the bill authorises the
- budget for the CPB from FY 1993 through 1996 so that should reduce the effect
- of conservative politician attempting to censor freedom of expression.
-
- However, the Bill does include a probably unconstitutional rider added by
- President Pro Tem of the Senate,Robert Byrd of Virginia. This says that the
- money will not be used to air ``indecent'' material before midnight. Basically
- Byrd tried to change the safe harbour hours of the FCC. The Supreme Court has
- ruled similar attempt by Jesse Helms to change the safe harbour hours of the
- FCC as unconstitutional and hopefully this attempt wil be struck down as well.
-
- But the most delicious news, is that despite a major mobilisation by the odious
- American Family Association, incluing a mailing to 500 000 of it's members
- and full page ads in Washington Newspapers, the Looney Fringe of the Religious
- Right *LOST*! The White House Comment Line [202 456 1111] actually reported
- that more calls FOR Public Broadcasting were tabulated.
-
- Thank you all.
- ---
- RON BUCKMIRE, 11 Colvin Circle, Troy, NY 12180-3735. ``D.C., April 25 1993''
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- "We are gay, we are black. We are often asked to choose between one or the
- other and we cannot. We need to find the strength to be both."-Pomo Afro Homos
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